Antimonial Mine

The Antimonial Mine is a antimony mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,434 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Antimonial Mine
Secondary: Silvermonial
Secondary: Steele
Secondary: Peterson
Secondary: Bates
Secondary: Reveille
Secondary: Craig
Secondary: Buckley
Secondary: Black Hawk

Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Selenium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Reveille District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Homer Buckley Estate, Mabel E. And E. M. Booth,Tonopan .
Years: 1951 -

Production

Year: 1941
Material type: CON
Description: Ap_Grade: ^32 % Sb
Year: 1940
Material type: CON
Description: Ap_Grade: ^60 % Sb
Year: 1940
Material type: CON
Description: Ap_Grade: ^78 % Sb
Year: 1939
Material type: CON
Description: Ap_Grade: ^76 % Sb

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Reveille Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Orebody

Form: BLEBS, SMALL PODS, RADIATING CLUSTERS, BLADED AGGREGATES, SINGLE CRYSTALS

Form: BLEBS, SMALL PODS, RADIATING CLUSTERS, BLADED AGGREGATES, SINGLE CRYSTALS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault Separates Lithologies

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Rhyolite; Oxidation Of Stibnite Toyellow And White Antimony Oxides; Argillization Of Phenocrystsin Rhyolite.

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE FROM A 24 INCH VEIN ASSAYED 37.12 % SB, TRACE AU, 0.58 OZ AG, 0.014 % SE. SAMPLE FROM A 6-INCH VEIN ASSAYED 27.0 % SB, NO AU,33.48 OZ/TON AG AND NO SE.

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Antimony
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): OXIDE PLANT WAS BUILT IN 1937, OPERATED IN 1938. SOME INTEREST IN REOPENING SB MINES IN THIS AREA IN 1971 IF SB PRICES CONTINUED TO RISE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE VERTICAL SHAFTS (15, 40, AND 45 FT), A 30 FT INCLINED SHAFT, A 40 FT INCLINED SHAFT, A 22 FT INCLINE SHAFT, FIVE ADITS, AND NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS AND PITS.

Comment (Geology): RHYOLITE AND QUARTZ ARE VUGGY; VUGS ARE LINED WITH QUARTZ AND STIBNITE CRYSTALS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, EF, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL 61, P. 135-137

Reference (Deposit): EKREN, EB, ROGERS, CL, AND DIXON, GL, 1973, GEOL. & BOUGUES GRAVITY MAP OF THE REVEILLE QUAD: USGS MAP I-806.

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 50

Reference (Production): LAWRENCE, 1963

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.